South Africa - Apply for Cast Net Fishing Permit or License

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Procedure

Apply Online

1. To Apply for Cast Net Fishing Permit or License, the applicant has to make the application online via the following link
2. If the applicant is a new user the applicant has to click “Register” and select the type of profile and enter their particulars and register and account.
3. If the applicant is an existing user, the applicant has to click “Login” and enter their email address and password to login.
4. Next the applicant has to select the type of permit and complete the application.
5. the applicant has to submit all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
6. Review the application and click “Submit”.
7. Next the applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as mentioned in “Fees” section of this page.
8. An acknowledgement of the fee receipt will be sent to the applicant’s registered email.
9. Then the application will process further. All the notification will send to applicant’s mobile number or email.
10. After successful approval the applicant review a permit via email.
11. This entire process can be completed within 2 – 3 days or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for Cast Net Fishing Permit or License, the applicant has to approach the Department of Forestry Fisheries & the Environment link
2. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer.
3. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form. (Incomplete applications are not accepted)
4. Make sure that the applicant has attached all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
6. Submit all the documents with the completed form to the concerned officer.
7. The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as requested by the authority.
8. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
9. An acknowledgment receipt will be provided. Please save it for future reference.
10. Once the verification process gets completed, the applicant will get a permit.
11. This entire process can be completed within 2 – 3 days or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

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Required Documents

• Completed application form
• Fee receipt
• Fishermen permit of license
• Proof of citizenship
• Proof of address
• Any other documents (If required)

Office Locations & Contacts

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY FISHERIES & THE ENVIRONMENT – SOUTH AFRICA
Environment House,
Cnr. Steve Biko (previously Beatrix Street) and Soutpansberg Road,
473 Steve Biko,
Arcadia,
Pretoria, 0083
South Africa

General enquiries
Tel: +27 86 111 2468
E-mail: [email protected]

Fisheries / FRAP related enquiries
Tel: 021 402 3727
E-mail: [email protected]
National Office link
Provincial Offices link

SOUTH AFRICA VIRTUAL POST OFFICE
Telephone: Customer Contact Centre on 0860 086 860
Email:[email protected]
Fax: 0866 861 847
Contact details link

Eligibility

• Any person who intends to Apply for Cast Net Fishing Permit or License is eligible to make this application.

Fees

• The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee R57.00 per month or R94.00 per year.

Validity

• In the case of monthly permits, the permit is valid for a period of one month from the date of issue and in the case of an annual permit one year from the date of issue.

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• This entire process can be completed within 2 – 3 days or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

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Instructions

• Applicants must complete the application form before submitting it. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicants must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.
• No permit is valid during such closed seasons as stipulated from time to time in the regulations and notices promulgated under the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998(Act No. 18 of 1998).
• Daily catches as stipulated in the regulations must not be exceeded, including by means of taking out more than one permit at the same time.
• Fish caught or collected in terms of this permit may not be sold, bartered, donated or traded.
• This permit is not transferable.
• This permit is valid only if the official receipt, as issued by the South African Post Office, is attached to the permit.
• This permit and the identity document (or passport- foreign visitor only) of the permit holder must at all times be available for inspection purposes, and in particular at the time and location where the activity in respect of which the permit has been issued, is exercised.
• The catch return rock lobster register emailed to the permit holder must be completed punctually and in full in indelible ink before and immediately after each rock lobster fishing effort. Only one catch return entry per line is permitted.
• Failure to comply with any permit condition renders the permit holder liable to a fine and/or prosecution, and /or withdrawal of the permit.

Required Information

• Name
• Address
• RSA Identity Number
• Cell phone Number
• Email Address
• Date of birth
• Gender

Need for the Document

• The holder of the cast net or throw net permit may take, catch, kill, or possess a daily creel limit of 100 gizzard shad and alewife (combined species). The holder of the permit shall carry the permit on his/her person while using the net or while possessing more than 50 gizzard shad or alewife (combined species).
• Circular nets must not exceed 6 metres in diameter and may only be weighted at the circumference. You may not cast your net between sunset and sunrise. Cast net permit holders may only catch and be in possession of the stipulated cast net species.

Information which might help

• A casting net, also called a throw net, is a net used for fishing. It is a circular net with small weights distributed around its edge. The net is cast or thrown by hand in such a manner that it spreads out while it's in the air before it sinks into the water.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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